Drinkindustries.ie Newsletter

Hospitality VAT reduction not supporting 3,500 ‘wet’ pubs

On-trade | Hospitality VAT rate cut will deliver nothing for 3,500 closed pubs

VAT reduction to help maintain employment of younger workers

On-trade | VAT cut would safeguard jobs in sector dominated by young workers

3,500 pubs urgently require 20th July guidelines

On-trade | Massive number of pubs yet to open

EU Directive gives power to cut VAT on on-trade alcohol

On-trade | New VAT ‘ask’ never been considered in Ireland and easy to implement quickly

Additional 145m pint bonus for UK’s one metre rule

On-trade | 1 metre = 70% capacity, 2 metres = 30%

Rebooting the restaurants & bars – the global experience

Marketing | “Pivoting is the buzzword of the era…”

Bar sales volumes down 92%

On-trade | But May’s volume figure was up 19.8% on April

Ireland to be global launchpad for Budweiser’s new brand ID

The C&C Group and the Budweiser Brewing Group UK & Ireland recently expanded their existing partnership (dating back to 2009) through an exclusive distribution deal for the Budweiser and Bud Light brands on the island of Ireland following the end of Budweiser’s brewing and distribution agreement with Diageo Ireland last month.

Lough Ree Distillery’s World winning trio

Lough Ree Distillery in Lanesborough, County Longford, is celebrating three World Gin Masters medals including a Gold for Aiteal, its new gin made with Irish Juniper.

How are European pubs emerging into the ‘new normal’?

With all our pubs due to open on the 20th of July – providing that customers behave themselves – in this podcast we hear from three publicans in Europe about their own experience of re-opening and running their operation in the ‘new normal’.